The keys of early typewriters were, sensibly enough, laid out in alphabetical order. The impetus for change was not exactly the yearning for blistering speed that has brought us together here today, but rather necessity. Early typewriters were mechanical and prone to jamming.
DocuMaker's TypoTest measures your typing speed in words per minute with over 21 distinct user-friendly tests. You can use this tiny program to administer typing exams, assess applicant typing skills, or to just practice your own typing skills. 10-key and keyboard character skills are included.
Each individual test is 15 words long and includes almost every character (including numbers and symbols) on the keyboard.
The first row of the keyboard, the Z-X-C-V-B row cannot claim the relevant importance in the pursuit of touch typing of the home row. Nor can it contest the international fame or high profile of the hard working QWERTY row.
10 Finger BreakOut is a REAL arcade game, in which you are escaping from invaders, shooting and trying to hit balls. This is no fake - you are playing BreakOut ! (You are not just typing characters). With this free typing game you WILL have fun, but don't worry, by playing 10 Finger BreakOut you sure will be learning to type. Improve your typing skills with this free typing tutor - typing game !
Amusing, yet multifunctional touch-typing tutor with support for several layouts: QWERTY, Dvorak etc. ONLY in Stamina besides the traditional finger positioning on the keyboard are you offered an ALTERNATIVE method (to reduce hand stress)! After having gone through the fire, water and the course, you will be able to swiftly type away long emails (spam), efficiently misbehave in chat rooms, ICQ and so on without ever looking at the keyboard!
Bodie's Typing is a program to learn typing. In a group of exercises to achieve a gradual training of the fingers of both hands to acquire a writing automatic typing, and having as objective that the student memorizes the location of each key that he writes correctly and without the necessity of looking at the keyboard.
Free Typing Test, as its name says, can offer you a free typing test. It's accurate statistic and neat interface may bring you a reliable and beautiful typing tool.
Speed Typing allows you to type a long form letter by entering only one word. In the Speed Typing database, you can place more than 100 000 messages, standard phrases, signatures, email addresses, frequently used sentences, URLs, phone numbers, hieroglyphs, etc. You can call up any information from the database just by typing a keyword in any place where it is possible to type words. The program will work with any text editor including e-mail.
Typing Assistant is a typing helper software that seamlessly integrates with nearly ANY applications on MS Windows. It makes your typing more pleasant by increasing your typing speed and avoiding spelling error. With Typing Assistant, a smart prompt window will show you the possible words list as you typing anywhere, then with one key stroke it will AutoComplete the word for you.